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NEW YORK: Intermediate-debt underperformed long-dated bonds on Monday as investors prepared for new five-year and seven-year note supply, after the Treasury sold $27 billion in new two-year notes to solid demand.Yields rose earlier on Monday as equities held near record levels, reducing safety buying, even as oil prices resumed their downward march.Intermediate-dated debt weakened on Monday afternoon as investors prepared for a $35 billion sale of five-year notes on Tuesday and $29 billion in seven-year notes on Wednesday.Short and intermediate-dated bonds are most sensitive to interest rate increases, with liquidity also expected to decline this week due to the Christmas holiday."They tend to require more of a concession to take down," said Ian Lyngen, senior government bond strategist at CRT Capital in Stamford, Connecticut. "If we can push the market a little toward higher yields in those sectors we might see a solid auction."The new two-year notes sold at a ...

NEW YORK: US Treasuries yields fell on Friday as some appetite for bonds returned after investors scrambled for stocks and other risky assets on the view the US Federal Reserve might raise interest rates in 2015 but do so slowly.Benchmark yields declined from one-week highs as bargain-minded traders reckoned that two days of selling and exit of flattener trades or bets that shorter-term rates would rise faster than longer-term rates were overdone.On Wednesday, the Fed ...

NEW YORK: US Treasuries yields rose on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve tweaked its message on interest rates, saying that while it was in no hurry to raise them, it will monitor data on growth and inflation to decide on the timing of such a move.Trading in the bond market swung wildly after the release of the latest policy statement from the Federal Open Market Committee after its two-day meeting."Based on its current assessment, ...

NEW YORK: The US Treasuries yield curve flattened to a six-year low on Monday after a surprisingly strong November employment report boosted expectations of an interest rate increase next year.US employers added the largest number of workers in almost three years last month and wage gains accelerated, a sign of economic strength that could draw the Federal Reserve closer to raising rates.Short and intermediate-date notes are the most sensitive to a rate increase and dramatically ...

NEW YORK: US Treasuries prices steadied after two days of losses and were little changed on Wednesday as debt traders awaited possible monetary policy shifts by European central bankers and a key report on American unemployment. Treasuries traded tightly, with the yield on 30-year bonds hovering around 3 percent. "The market is pretty much in lockdown mode," said Eric Green, head of US rates and research at TD Securities in New York. "The market is ...

TORONTO: The Canadian dollar strengthened on Wednesday after the Bank of Canada said the country's economic recovery is broadening, while it cautioned that plunging oil prices are a risk and that the global economy is still struggling.The central bank, which held its policy rate unchanged at 1 percent as expected, noted that the impact of stronger Canadian exports was beginning to show in increased business investment and more jobs, but that lower prices for oil ...

TORONTO: The Canadian dollar fell sharply against the US dollar on Friday as tumbling US crude prices was the dominant driver for the currency, overshadowing higher-than-expected third-quarter Canadian growth figures.Crude oil prices hit a fresh four-year low following OPEC's decision on Thursday to keep current production levels unchanged, a move market participants said would leave oil markets oversupplied.US crude, in particular, was down nearly 6 percent from Wednesday's finish. US financial markets were closed on ...